Two men were arrested Thursday after a traffic stop near Rice and Hackett streets.

According to Ionia Department of Public Safety Deputy Director John Odette, the IDPS officer stopped the driver of a vehicle for allegedly driving erratically. The officer approached the driver after the driver had pulled into a driveway of a house, where he told the officer he was picking up a friend, Odette said. A second man then came out of the house.

Odette said the officer questioned both subjects and discovered that the man from the house had outstanding warrants for a probation violation for possession of marijuana and a failure to appear on a city income tax warrant. After the driver consented to a search, the officer allegedly found marijuana paraphernalia in the vehicle and a bag of marijuana on the driver.

Both men were arrested and taken to the Ionia County Jail.

The name of the driver, a 19-year-old man from Carson City, is being withheld pending his arraignment. He is out on bond, and facing charges of possession of marijuana and careless driving.

Eric Claudio, 24, of Ionia, was arraigned on his warrants and remains in custody at the Ionia County Jail.